A whole lot of bull / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

October 30, 2023 6:42am CST

While on our way to take photos on the weekend, we passed a paddock with these two beautiful big Aberdeen Angus bulls standing in the corner. Once, most of the beef cattle that we saw were red-and-white Herefords but then the Aberdeen Angus breeders had an aggressive advertising campaign and next we knew, restaurants were selling Aberdeen steaks like they were going out of business. As a result, most of the paddocks now sport numbers of black cattle. But don’t they look magnificent?

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14786)

• Ireland

30 Oct 23

@judyev Handsome beasts.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Oct 23

They are indeed. I wouldn't want to mess with one.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49766)

• India

1 Nov 23

@JudyEv One would be afraid to drive near them as well!

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Fleur

@Fleura (35065)

• United Kingdom

30 Oct 23

That's strange because in the UK (home of the Aberdeen Angus, obviously) native breeds have largely been ousted by 'Continentals' - Charolais, Limousin and Belgian Blue. Glad they are popular over there!

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Fleur

@Fleura (35065)

• United Kingdom

31 Oct 23

@JudyEv Definitely too cold for Brahmans here! Aberdeen Angus are allegedly good-tempered and easy to handle. I wouldn't want to test it with those two though (although I guess just the fact that two of them are in the field together says something). I got chased by a bull once - a Hereford - when I was about 12. The bull was in a field and I was walking through on a public footpath. I had to dive through a barbed-wire fence into a patch of nettles. I had a long scar down my back for years afterwards!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Nov 23

@Fleura Wow!

I'd never willingly go in a paddock with an unknown bull and there are not many bulls I know that I'd go in a paddock with either.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Oct 23

We have a lot of the continentals too but the British breeds came over with the early settlers so they've been well established here for longer. I don't think we have the Belgian Blues here yet but we have the other you mention and also Gelbvieh and Simmentals. Brahmans and Santa Gertrudis are popular in the tropical areas.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502622)

• Italy

30 Oct 23

Those bulls are beautiful and also a bit scary.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Oct 23

There is no way I'd be getting any closer. We were the other side of a strong fence.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502622)

• Italy

31 Oct 23

@JudyEv

I would also be very careful, they look at you with an angry look.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502622)

• Italy

1 Nov 23

@JudyEv - I would never do something like that.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135847)

• Marion, Ohio

30 Oct 23

They are massive. That's what kind had a bad attitude at the livestock auction earlier this month

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135847)

• Marion, Ohio

31 Oct 23

@JudyEv Hereford bulls are often calm. But it is always good to be ready

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Nov 23

@wolfgirl569 We never had any trouble with our Hereford bulls but the Friesian was a different story.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Oct 23

Jersey bulls have a very bad reputation too. I would be very wary around any bulls.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112864)

• United States

30 Oct 23

They look like hamburgers and rib eyes and pot roasts to me.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Oct 23

True. GREAT BIG hamburgers and rib eyes and pot roasts!!!

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112864)

• United States

31 Oct 23

@JudyEv Yes. Indeed. lol

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@freelancermariagrace (29342)

• Philippines

31 Oct 23

They look so good and strong!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Oct 23

They do indeed. I wouldn't want to antagonise one.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (209009)

• United States

30 Oct 23

they look big and srong.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Oct 23

Yet if they put in a rodeo ring, they are incredibly agile and hard to ride.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117251)

• El Paso, Texas

30 Oct 23

Yes, magnificent and dangerous.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Oct 23

Yes, that's for sure.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91297)

• United States

31 Oct 23

Oh look at them fellas..I am keeping my distance

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91297)

• United States

31 Oct 23

@JudyEv

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Oct 23

I was waiting for one to paw up the turf but they didn't. lol

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (98026)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

30 Oct 23

I have to say they are very handsome.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Oct 23

That's true. They were shinier in real life too.

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (91126)

• United States

30 Oct 23

Yes they do look majestic standing there posing for the camera. I certainly wouldn't want to tangle with one of those bulls

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382312)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Oct 23

I was waiting for one to paw up the dirt but they didn't bother. We were the other side of the gate obviously and only stopped long enough for a photo.

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